The man was shot in the 1300 block of West Leland Avenue about 5:05 p.m., said Officer Thomas Sweeney, a Chicago Police Department spokesman.

He was later identified as DeMarcus Adams, of the 4400 block of North Racine Avenue in Chicago, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office. Police said he is a documented gang member.

The man suffered a gunshot wound to his back and leg and was taken in critical condition to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Sweeney said. He was pronounced dead at 5:44 p.m., according to the medical examiner.

Adams was on the street when someone fired shots, hitting Adams before fleeing in a small silver vehicle, Sweeney said.

Police had no further description of the attacker or the vehicle in which he escaped and were releasing no further details.

Shay-Ann Heiser Singh, an attorney, lives blocks away from the crime scene and was knocking on doors in the neighborhood for an aldermanic candidate just before the shooting. She said the "unpredictable sporadic violence terrifies" her.

"We get these shootings. It's broad daylight," she said. "You never know when something's going to pop off."

With 2-year-old twins, she said, she struggles with life in the city, even though she loves Chicago.

"I can make a decision to expose myself to some level of risk but it doesn't feel good to make that risk for my children."

About 9:10 p.m., two men were shot in the Little Village neighborhood, police said. The men, ages 36 and 54, were standing in an alleyway near a garage in the 2400 block of South Troy Street when they were shot, said Officer Hector Alfaro, a police spokesman.

Someone stepped out of a green SUV, shouted gang slogans and opened fire, Alfaro said. The 54-year-old man was shot in his groin and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital where he was listed in serious condition. The 36-year-old man was shot in his right foot and was also taken to Mount Sinai Hospital. He was listed in good condition, police said.

As of late Saturday night, no one was in custody in either shooting, police said.